• Graduate students in the microbiology program work within, and often across, multiple disciplines of basic and applied environmental sciences. 
  • Specialties within the program include environmental and ecological economics, environmental health and toxicology, forest ecology, fish and fisheries biology, landscape ecology, limnology, micrometeorology, soil science, and wildlife biology. 
  • They typically have exceptionally strong backgrounds in one or more of these specialties and an interest in research that advances both theory and applied management of natural resources. 
  • Successful completion of an M.Sc. degree in this Department generally takes 2 years.
  • Students are required to take 45 credits: Thesis Courses (36 credits), Required Courses (3 credits), and Complementary Courses (6 credits).